Tom is a squire whose greatest wish is to be a knight one day, just like his big brother Will. But when Will goes away, there's no one left to squire for, until one day a new knight arrives...Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes
Sheila Rae is not afraid of anything. She walks backwards with her eyes closed, steps on every crack, growls at stray dogs, and bares her teeth at stray cats. But when Sheila Rae becomes lost on the way home from school, it is her "scaredy cat" sister, Louise, who shows her a thing or two about bravery and sibling love.
"Hairy Maclary felt bumptious and bustly, bossy and bouncy andfrisky and hustly". Hairy Maclary, everyone's favourite dog, isbusy chasing and hustling all the neighbourhood cats from SlinkyMalinki to Pimpernel Pugh. But when he comes face to face withScarface Claw, the toughest tomcat in town, it's Hairy Maclary'sturn to be bustled, rustled and hustled!
Reading Skills Builder provides practice in the threeessential strategies for learning to read – phonics, word familiesand sight words. The understanding of phonics sound patterns leadsto knowledge of word families. Knowledge of word families enhancesyour child’s abilities to recognize words. Quick recognition ofsight words leads to faster decoding, which in turn leads toincreased fluency and better comprehension. Your child practicesthese reading strategies in fun, meaningful ways while improvingfluency and comprehension. For use with Grades K-1.
Hop aboard the Thingamajigger and join the Cat and Co. as they travel the world and visit six different habitats—a tropical rainforest, the African savanna, a desert, the Arctic, a rocky shore, and Sally's backyard—in this sturdy, oversize board book with 50 flaps about places visited in the PBS Kids show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! See that jaguar hidden in the rain forest? Lift the flap to find out how its spotted fur helps the big cat disappear in the dappled light. See that patch of sand on the beach? Lift the flap to find a soft-shelled clam buried in the sand! Perfect for little hands and curious minds, this is a great way to introduce natural history featuring a character kids know and love!
